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Record field event America fails to complete (4)

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disc

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'record' is the definition.
(eg a CD, compact disc)

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(Other definitions for disc that I've seen before include "CD perhaps" , "Flat round plate" , "Flat thin circular body" , "Gramophone record" , "45, eg?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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